'52 Football Candidates Still Unsifted as Deadline Nears

With no definite idea of a starting team and only four days to come up with one, Freshman football coach Henry Lamar has plenty on his mind this week. Out of 36 or more good-looking grid prospects he must by Saturday manufacture a squad for the opener against a polished Andover eleven.

Of course it's all an old story for Coach Lamar, who every year runs into the same problem of having to build some sort of a Freshman football team in little more than a week. But this season the task looks tougher than over.

As of last Friday, only two complete elevens were able to take part in actual field work because of a delay in giving Freshman physical exams. By yesterday Lamar had been able to pick out 36 men for his "A" team, but so many more promising candidates remain that shifts from "B" squad to "A" squad could happen at almost any moment.

Andover Looks Strong

On the other hand, the Andover boys who invade Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon have no such troubles. Many team members are in their fourth year, a fact which well explains the prep schoolers' convincing two-touchdown victory last Saturday over the Yale yearlings. The Eli, incidentally, find themselves in precisely the same unprepared stage as the Crimson.

But when Lamar actually pares down his "A" squad into a starting eleven, he will find plenty of strong starters. Already such men as linemen Bill Holbrook, Bill Frothingham, Butch Gordon; ends Cy Bunce and Alex Sergienko; and backs Tom Osman, Bill Healy, and Rusty Burke seem good bets for the team. There are others, too.

No Teams Yet

Most of these men boast comparatively little previous experience, but they won't be ruled out for that reason. Of the 36 "A" prospects, no men are grouped yet as definite working elevens and won't be until the final line-up is picked following tomorrow's practice session.

Those who aren't now in the "A" group are working under Charlie Law, "B" coach, and will have a definite game schedule of their own, which starts Friday against Rivers Country Day School.